2 women, child dead in Ghazni landmine explosion

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Two women and a child were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in struck a roadside bomb in the Gilan district of southeastern Ghazni province on Friday, the governor’s spokesman said.

Mohammad Arif Noori told Pajhwok Afghan News another three children, one woman and one man were wounded in the blast that took place in Chirlai area of the district in the afternoon.

The family was travelling to a graveyard to pay respect to a deceased relative when their vehicle hit the improvised explosive devise allegedly planted by the Taliban.

Noori said the injured had been hospitalized and their condition was said to be stable.